11-01-2011, 03:38 AM
Jill....I think it better, tho' I had no problem with the simple start. I have no truck with the idea that everything must be put in the present tense, to produce a vivid effect, which is the sort of thing journalists do when breathlessly describing some meeting they have. It is, however, legitimate to give it a think. Tenses, like everything else, are in the tool-box to be used as the craftsmen think right.
Todd......
Adverbs are not your friends
Why? Surely modifying a verb produces colour or imagery, just as qualifying a noun with an adjective does? Or is it that -ly can trip up rhythm or meter? Or just old-fashioned adverbism?
Todd......
Adverbs are not your friends
Why? Surely modifying a verb produces colour or imagery, just as qualifying a noun with an adjective does? Or is it that -ly can trip up rhythm or meter? Or just old-fashioned adverbism?